Innovation

We engender a collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment with the unique potential to make a significant impact on complex local and global challenges.

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New & Notable

The Hunt for Hope in the Genome

Three decades ago, a team of researchers—including future Tufts President Anthony P. Monaco—combed through millions of DNA letters to find the flawed gene responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Here’s how their work led to the first-ever FDA-approved drug for treating the deadly disease.

Finding a Long-Hidden Secret in “Paradise Lost”

Miranda Phaal, A18, discovered an acrostic in John Milton’s classic that had gone unnoticed for more than 300 years
Engineers make transistors and electronic devices entirely from thread

Transistors and integrated circuits made from threads are combined with thread-based sensors to create fully flexible devices
Tell Me More: Engineering Positive Change

Engineers Without Borders leader Catherine Leslie tells a Tufts podcast about the thousands of students and professionals who volunteer worldwide to build everything from water systems to energy projects

Dominica, Nicaragua, Uganda
Better Diagnostic Imaging for Pet Rabbits

New study shows that GI ultrasounds may reveal source of life-threatening illness for rabbits

Events

Spotlights

Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT)

Established to promote innovative collaborations in the humanities and arts. Encourages conversation and debate that reach beyond the traditional borders of a given discipline.
M.S. in Innovation Management

An intensive, one-year professional master’s program that prepares you with important business and leadership skills to hit the ground running earlier in your career.
Bridge Professorships

Encouraging the recruitment of interdisciplinary faculty whose teaching and research are relevant to multiple academic units.
Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex (CLIC)

Helps meet the need for updated classrooms, large meeting rooms, teaching labs, research labs, and office space, and includes a café and informal learning spaces.
Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)

Currently under construction, the new complex will be an integrated teaching and research center on the Medford/Somerville campus featuring state-of-the-art laboratories for undergraduate and graduate students.
Water: Systems, Science, and Society (WSSS)

A graduate-level program that takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding water issues worldwide. Provides students with the perspectives and tools to manage water-related problems.